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Title: Sun Compromised Browser Certificates Vulnerability

Severity: MODERATE

Description:

Browser Certificates are cryptographic data which allow a client to communicate and view information securely over an untrusted connection. Sun has issued this warning as the result of two trusted browser certificates being potentially compromised.

These certificates were limited in distribution and have the following serial numbers:

Internet Explorer: 3181 B12D C422 5DAC A340 CF86 2710 ABE6
Netscape: 17:05:FB:13:A2:2F:9A:F3:C1:30:F5:62:6E:12:50:4C

Affected Products:

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 for Windows 98
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 for Windows NT 4.0
  • Netscape Communicator 4.75.0
  • SGI IRIX 6.5.11
  • SGI IRIX 6.5.12

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